Dances with Wolves Question.

Okay so when he puts on his dress uniform to go make his first visit to the Sioux he has a red sash on. What's up with that? Wasn't he Infantry in the CW? And now I'm guessing he's a Cavfag. So where's the red come in?!?!?

Okay, just saw crossed sabers. Definitely Cav. So what does the red stand for?!?!?

Officer, maybe? I dunno.

Muad would probably know.That's his era.

Was he someone's adjutant?

According to this: http://www.ushist.com/wardrobe/q-1901u_union-army_officers_sash_civil-war_us.htm it's a crimson or wime color and was worn by line officers (Confederate Cav pukes wore yellow).

I figure it was one of those things that the book authorized but was probably ditched early on by officers that would really have been fighting and kept by REMFs and Staff Weenies.

He was one of the original Cowboys gang.

Wyatt Earp shot him in the face.

So Kevin Costner essentially shot himself?

That explains the beginning of The Big Chill.

No, the real Wyatt Earp.

I thought red meant artillery.

He was cavalry the whole time. JCD gave the reason for the sash above.

Branch colors were worn as stripes on the uniform pant legs, hence the terms "redlegs" (artillery), "yellowlegs" (cavalry) and "spreadlegs" (infantry).

There was a saying during the Civil war, "who ever saw a dead cavalryman?"

Just saying that Cavalry and their Armor decendants have yellow as their branch color for a reason.

Hmm.... you know, I think the Grunts may outnumber the Pogues on the board now!